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STAKE FEATURE TO DR. RAE i 3 I Wins Sensational Victory in Havana Handicap at Oriental Park. 0 * Jockey Carmody Star of Day with Three Winners and Two Seconds to His Credit. I—: ♦ ■! HAVANA. Cuba. February 1. — Dr. Bae. carrying the colors of William- Bros., accounted for the third running of the Havana Handicap, the stake feature of an attractive Sunday program that brought out a tremendous crowd to Oriental lark thi* afternoon. The Armenia Btabtei Laeknwnnsw, with Caimody up. found most favor in the stak -race, and Carmodys followers rooted hard for him I" make it four straight, as he had ridden the win-i i is of the three previous race-. Il looked encouraging when Carmody brought Lackawanna down through the stretch with a slight load, but the veteran Kedi-ris on Dr. Rne outrode the youngster in a sensational finish ami snatched victory in the lasl few strides. No more exciting and thrilling finish has boon seen at Oriental lark this year, and the big crowd was on its feet cheering wildly ai! through the last eighth of tin- terrific struggle. The race was hotly contested from start to finish. Byrne was the fir-: to -how in front, but quickly g-ve way to Lackawanna, which* led to the last few stride-, only to urn i mnli right at the end. Much wa- expected of old Berlin, but he quit after racing well for five-eighths. .•h ki -■ arniodv was rho bright particular star f the day. for beside- riding three winner- i:i suc-ci --ion he finished second with two of hi- other n.c.un:- Ciirrency won his third straight victory when he easily captured the Venezuela Handicap, the secondary feature of the afternoon. Another finish of the hair-raising variety ranks in tin- .-losing dash. Dione bfOtlng Lariat by a head. Eleven plater- of the cheaper grade nut in the inaugural dusk of the afternoon, ami s. lolk furnished the winner in Bnoo, ipiotod at 10 to 1 in the betting. He led all the way by a wide margin without ever being in trouble. Tin- second rac- brought together a band of well matched three-year-old-, and Orleans Oirl. with .1. C-rmody in the saddle, won in a fast finish Bar-* .ra ran a creditable race under a hu-tling ride by Hit promi-ing young apprentice Tryon. Hes :i Hear tiled in the la-t eighth after di-playing the mo-t early speed. Carmody came right back in the third race and landed First Iullot an easy winner, defeating Assign and Bars and Stars in the last eighth to win draw ing away. Bars and Stars seemed to have things his own entering the stretch with a three lengths lead, but he had nothing loft when the real test cjinie. first succumbing Pi the challenge of First Bullet and then to Assign, the latter getting second money in the last stride. Dei fountain lost hi- good bread winner IPhorn Bloom when II W. Plant claimed him Saturday for 39. C. A. Stonelmm was aa arrival yesterday from New Vork. Beporta from the States are to the effect that tin- high tide of travel to Cuba is yet to conn-.
